Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline discuss the importance of "voice" in writing stories.
Hear Andrew Lazo’s stunning lecture unpacking the mysteries of Till We Have Faces.
Four steps from Keats and Eliot.
A beautiful exploration of the work of grace that gets done when we invite kids into the Great Story in this way.
An artist is supposed to be lonely, misunderstood, and at arm’s length from society…right?
An interview with The Symbolic World’s Jonathan Pageau.
From our friends at Forefront Festival
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Author and singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson joins Matt and Christina at the Anselm Society digital pub table to talk about Andrew’s creative process and his Wingfeather Saga books.
How do you approach creating a story when it seems too big for you? Matt and Mandy welcome fellow guild member, Gianna Soderstrom, to the Anselm Society digital pub to talk about what to do with a spark of inspiration that seems too big to tackle.
Terry Glaspey describes how C.S. Lewis's intellect and imagination worked together to bring Christianity alive for so many.
Matt and Mandy talk with Anselm Society Arts Guild member Jane Scharl, a poet and playwright. They discuss Jane's recently published and produced play, an imaginative encounter between St. Ignatius of Loyola, John Calvin, and François Rabelais.
Evangeline and her brother, Dr. John Case Tompkins, voyage from the Emerald Isle to Middle Earth via J.R.R. Tolkien’s obscure poem “The Death of Saint Brendan.”
KJ Ramsey and the cohosts also discuss how grief can be a gateway that helps us connect our own stories to the Great Story.
Mandy and Evangeline talk with author and pastor Eric Schumacher about his various projects (fiction, nonfiction, devotional, musical, and more).
What can worldbuilding add to a story? What happens when it is done well? What about when it is not done well?
We all know the powers of words, written and spoken. But, images speak too - very, very powerfully. This is why small children’s literature most often includes illustrations alongside text. What should we do with the now-very-popular wordless picture books?
Matt, Mandy, and Christina sit down at the digital pub table to discuss Susanna Clarke's 2020 novel, Piranesi.
Matt and Christina sit down with SD Smith, author of the popular Green Ember series, and JC Smith to talk about what it's like to write your first successful story.
Our vision for 2023: building community one small event at a time (and giving the Imagination Redeemed Conference a pause this year).
Brian Wight tells the story of how he went from a teenage musician living out of his car to a successful musician and producer. He also shares his compulsion to compose music, and discusses why he’d still create if he was alone in the wilderness.